Senior Software Engineer, Admin Services Lead

Parsons Corporation
Reston, VA, United States
4 days ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
4 years minimum
Compensation
$148,300.0 - $266,900.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Java (Programming Language) Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) User Authentication Linux Distributed Systems Middleware Interoperability Software Engineering Backend

Job description

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented Senior Software Engineer, Admin Services Lead to join our team!

In this role you will own the design, delivery, performance, and operational evolution of the administrative services domain for a large-scale, globally distributed mission platform.

What You’ll Be Doing:

  • Owning the administrative services portfolio, including control-plane services, admin interfaces, user/role management, authentication/authorization, lifecycle management, and peripheral/middleware services
  • Defining and maintaining architecture and delivery roadmaps for administrative capabilities across multiple deployment types and environments
  • Leading development and sustainment of administrative experiences for system administrators, operations personnel, field/support teams, regional managers, and role-specific users
  • Overseeing integration and lifecycle management of peripherals and middleware-including drivers, SDKs, vendor APIs, and compatibility planning
  • Serving as the technical lead for vendor engagement, certification processes, and introduction of new peripherals or middleware while ensuring reliable installation, upgrade, rollback, and support operations

Requirements

  • TS/SCI minimum clearance required.
  • Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (or 4 additional years of experience in lieu of degree)
  • 15+ years of software engineering experience with at least 4 years leading a major service or functional domain
  • Strong experience designing and delivering administrative/control-plane services for complex distributed systems
  • Experience with user/role management, authentication/authorization services, administrative UIs, lifecycle orchestration, or peripheral/device management platforms
  • Strong ability to troubleshoot issues across administration, authentication, user access, device integration, compatibility, and platform management workflows

What Desired Skills You’ll Bring:

  • Experience working in Linux-based distributed environments and modern operational tooling for control-plane services
  • Experience with Java-based backend services and modern web administrative interfaces
  • Experience conducting compatibility testing for versioned drivers and SDKs
  • Familiarity with release engineering practices for device integration components
  • Experience designing secure administrative workflows or role-based access patterns

Benefits & conditions

An active Top Secret SCI security clearance is required for this position.

This position is part of our Federal Solutions team.

The Federal Solutions segment delivers resources to our US government customers that ensure the success of missions around the globe. Our intelligent employees drive the state of the art as they provide services and solutions in the areas of defense, security, intelligence, infrastructure, and environmental. We promote a culture of excellence and close-knit teams that take pride in delivering, protecting, and sustaining our nation’s most critical assets, from Earth to cyberspace. Throughout the company, our people are anticipating what’s next to deliver the solutions our customers need now.

Salary Range: $148,300.00 - $266,900.00

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

About the company

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